Goal :Accelerate All Schools Toward Greatness

• By 2012 75% of educators will be evaluated using a rigorous performance evaluation that

includes student achievement data.

• By 2015 all students will be supported by educators who demonstrate effective performance.

Definitions: What is/are...?

• "Greatness"-Reaching all of the goals of the school.
• "Proficiency"-meeting the expectations of the skills the students are required to learn
• Early learning "programs"-Programs that provide the basic skills students need to be prepared to go to school, for students at age three to Kindergarden.
• "Achievement gaps"-

Purpose:

-Why Bother:

• 47,000 students aren't attending schools meeting improvement targets
• Proficiency in everything but reading is way too low in our opinion
• Reading is also too low but not as bad as science or math.
• Early learning programs:
  • What was wrong to begin with? Answer not provided.
• to provide multiple pathways (college career)
• development of leaders

Strategies:

• Achievement gaps:
  • establish state expectations
  • Monitoring systems for effectiveness
• Student Health and Well Being
  • establish state expectations
  • availability
  • monitor
• development of leaders
  • recruit, prepare and place
  • develop leadership program
  • professional development
  • seek funding
  • track performance

Critical questions:

• Before making expectations, what is "proficient"? When the students meet the expectations they are required to learn
• What is the goal/expectation for health/well being?
• What EXACTLY (not generally) will be done?